By Corban Goble on January 9, 2015 at 12:19 p.m. EST

Jens Lekman's New Year's Resolution is to write and share a new song each week. Last week, he posted the first in the series, "Postcard #1", and today he's shared this week's entry, "Postcard #2". The song incorporates a sample of South African composer Abdullah Ibrahim’s “Mamma". Listen above.

By Molly Beauchemin on January 3, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. EST

According to a post on his soundcloud page, Jens Lekman has made a New Year's resolution to create a new song out of scattered thoughts for each week in 2015, Stereogum reports. Listen to "Postcard #1" above and read Lekman's explanation for the ongoing project below.

By Jeremy Gordon on September 2, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. EDT

Jens Lekman has shared WWJD, a 33-minute mixtape that features unreleased songs woven in with song fragments and tracks from other artists. Three of the completed songs on the mixtape are "WWJD", "I Remember", and "What's That Perfume That You Wear?" It's his first release since 2012's I Know What Love Isn't. You can stream it above.

By Lindsay Zoladz on December 12, 2013 at 1:28 p.m. EST

"Normally the subjects of my songs are reserved for those who come into my life through that strange path that fate is," Swedish indie-pop troubadour Jens Lekman writes on his website. "But right now, for a short while, you can pay money to have me write a song about you."

By Jenn Pelly on April 23, 2013 at 1:40 p.m. EDT

Jens Lekman has shared a new song, "Regarding a Package", as Listen Before You Buy notes. The track was written for the New York-based Esopus Magazine, who have commissioned artists to pen songs "inspired by a customer service experience" for a CD compilation. (It comes with issue no. 19.) Other artists on the compilation include Dirty Beaches, Richard Swift, Black Pus, Cakes Da Killa, and more.

By Jenn Pelly on January 9, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. EST

Back in October, Jens Lekman and his band were about to tour the West Coast in support of last year's I Know What Love Isn't when Hurricane Sandy hit. The storm left Lekman's pianist, Jonas, stranded in New York with no means of traveling to Seattle for the tour. So Lekman posted on Facebook with a proposition-- if a fan drove Jonas from New York to Boston, where he could catch a flight, he'd offer payment. And he'd write you a song.

By Pitchfork on September 4, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. EDT

Pitchfork.tv on YouTube recently spent some time with Jens Lekman in London. In addition to performing the title track from his new album I Know What Love Isn't (out today via Secretly Canadian/Service), he discussed the album's theme and his thoughts on the apocalypse. UPDATE: Check out performances of "Erica America" and "Some Dandruff on Your Shoulder" below.